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Hall of Fame, Corrected (Vol. 33)

Will catch some flack I’m sure (heck, I’m even ranking this week’s selection on the lower end of the Hall’s “egregious omissions” list), but after hearing Violent Femmes sandwiched between The Black Keys and The White Stripes on my Pandora Radio this week, it hit me how far ahead of the minimalist curve the Milwaukee [...]

Just another Wednesday in a “doggy-dog” world

Shut up, shuttin’ up

Yet another moment of greatness from the Ranger Up team, now available for pre-order.

Most people only see reasons why something cannot be done. They live in perpetual fear of mistakes, embarassment, criticism and failure.

In the military, mission failure just isn’t an option and we are forced from Day 1 to realize that [...]

Workin’ them angels

Never thought there’d come a day where I’d be looking forward to the next Rush album (not record, Rufus). Looking like a little somethin’-somethin’ for the literary types, too. Rock on, ladies and gents …

Lyrically, Clockwork Angels chronicles a young man’s quest across a lavish and colorful world of steampunk and alchemy as he [...]

You know, a little somethin’ for the effort

Ingrates exist everywhere, that’s for sure. Far too many people, regardless of color, fail to comprehend history’s lessons (thanks, US education over the last 25-some years for failing to adequately teach history and critical thought). Many more choose to ignore history and/or facts (thanks, “victim mentality” hustlers).

Breaths of semi-fresh air still exist, though, [...]

Confusion (here come the drums)!!!

Elvis is dead … and ditto the Chili Peppers. Too bad after such an amazing album last year, too.

Monday Night Mashup — Friday Edition

Now to convince the rest of Glorious Disaster to get in on this action, but at the expense of the one below the fold, which has already been semi-rehearsed??? Decisions, decisions …

From the Trailer Park — Looper

“A looper, you know, a caddy, a looper, a jock …”

Hall of Fame, Corrected — Break #3 (maybe 4)

The TV’s been a bigger distraction than usual lately (OK, fine, I can’t stop watching Justified season finale), so a brief respite from the music suggestions. In its place this week, some tough love from the incomparable and irreplaceable Sam Kinison. As with most material of the crown prince to Rickles’ comedy king, NSFW, but [...]

One foot out the door …

If loving Hitler’s take on the Van Halen situation puts me in a comparative league with Chavez/Castro super-Spanglish-fan Ozzie Guillen, so be it.

“Ice has a funny way of sneaking up on you … “

On the 100th anniversary of the Titanic’s launch, the latest from the parody mind of Ryan Hopak and the Happy Chinchillas (featuring Dana Shaw) …

Bonus classic clip from Ryan and the Chinchillas (featuring Timothy Mank and yours truly on the conch shell) below the fold.

Now That’s an Album Cover, Part 2

Damn fine little album, too.

That not-so-70s show

Cue the Janet — Ms. Jackson ’cause it’s nasty — and double your pleasure. Psssst, Mr. President, release the Kraken bans on drilling.

Under the Carter administration, gas prices increased by 103.77 percent. Gas prices since Obama took office have risen by 103.79 percent. No other presidents in recent years have struggled as much with [...]

Dantooine … it’s on Dantooine

The Rebel Bass

Silly Wabbit

Just in time for baseball season

After a little more than three years of marriage, you learn to just live with certain things, even upon discovering you live with a Major League infidel …

Ooh, la-lait

For anyone who thought the Kate Upton Carl’s Jr. ad lacked subtlety. Barely suitable for work.

H/T: SportsIllustrated.com

Hall of Fame, Corrected (Vol. 32)

Baseball, always America’s game in this guy’s book, no matter how much the media tries to convince us football and basketball stole the crown, finally back in the air this week (sorry, Bud, no matter when you send teams to Japan, the season doesn’t start until the Reds throw their first pitch). With Americana in [...]

Better late than he’s gone forever

Nice to see The King of Comedy getting his his due credit with the Johnny Carson Award. Continuing with the above sentiment, do believe I will plunk down coin to see Don Rickles at the San Manuel Casino next week, biting the bullet and tolerating opener Joan Rivers. Maybe if we get close enough I [...]